Jonathan D. Moreno

The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Body Politic" is the first comprehensive history of the significance and struggles over science in America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bellevue Literary Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 323g
• ISBN-13: 9781934137383
• ISBN-10: 1934137383
• Artikelnr.: 33329113

Autorenporträt

Called the most interesting bioethicist of our time” by the American Journal of Bioethics, Jonathan D. Moreno has served as a senior staff member for three presidential advisory commissions, as well as on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bioethics Advisory Board for the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative. Author and editor of many seminal books and articles on science and science policy, he is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor-in-chief for the Center for American Progress’ online magazine, Science Progress.

Inhaltsangabe

The Body Politic:
America's Struggle for Control Over Science
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Who Owns Science?
One: Science in America
Two: The Politics of Heredity
Three: Dangerous Ideas
Four: The Stem Cell Debate
Five: Valuing Humanity
Six: Crossing Lines
Seven: In Defense of ?Progress?
Bibliography